I think it depends on the state. Years ago when we were teenagers, the story went, if sleeping it off in the car, your best bet was to throw the keys into the weeds somewhere you couldn’t find them.
What I’ve often wondered about as a thought exercise is motorhomes, class A type, or more run of the mill campers and the like. Near as I can figure, if someone is in a campground and drinking around a campfire, they could get a DUI with even car keys in your pocket. Why not? Technically I can’t think of any reason. Especially if drinking and/or drunk in the back. More than one person has received a DUI in their own driveway too, sleeping it off.
One of my employees was drunk at a state park sleeping it off and tried to hide his keys
They found them and charged him with DUI and obstruction
90 days
His second DUI in two years
MAAD is a power
“Near as I can figure, if someone is in a campground and drinking around a campfire, they could get a DUI with even car keys in your pocket. Why not?”
I agree. I don’t know anything in the laws preventing it (assuming that you don’t have a person you can claim as the Designated Driver). So if you and the boys want to get ripped in a campground, probably best to keep the music down...or if you’re with the wife and she needs to use the outhouse, you might want to walk over there with her.
Thank those old hags of MAAD arm twisting politicians into ever-decreasing blood levels.
If they get their wishes, thinking about a cold one when you get home will be cause for DUI.
Wait for it, thought crime is the next wave.